in the final analysis

Idioms

Also, in the last analysis. When all things are considered. For example, In the final analysis we must find ways to improve our sales, or I can, in the last analysis, talk only about my own work. This expression was at first put as in the ultimate analysis. [Late 1700s]

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in the final analysis

Of those, 753 participants had enough wearable-device data to be included in the final analysis.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

Dunne’s son Robert said: “Overall, in the final analysis, he was a good and decent man.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

His goal against Manchester United in the final seconds of the match doesn't just win you games, they are the goals that, in the final analysis, win you titles.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2023

“Havana syndrome” in the final analysis, was a misnomer.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 6, 2023

While the value of any movement depends upon the success with which its practical details are worked out, yet in the final analysis the idealism of a movement is the mainspring of its vitality.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Ida Husted Harper

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